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February 11th, 2026
USVI stands to lose millions in economic activity- USVI Charter Association

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The US Virgin Islands’ (USVI) marine industry is facing mounting competitive pressure from the Virgin Islands (VI), and risks continued decline unless policymakers take deliberate corrective action, according to Kennon Jones, Executive Director of the Virgin Island Professional Charter Association.

February 11th, 2026
Contract awarded to relocate Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources & Climate Change

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Vanterpool Construction has been awarded an over four hundred thousand dollars contract for the relocation of the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change.

February 11th, 2026
'Here we go again, with an outsider'- Skelton-Cline on BVIHSA CEO hiring

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- According to social commentator and host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA), Dr June M. Samuel has been passed over for the position in favour of a non-VIslander.

February 10th, 2026
BVIEC enforcing Security Deposit Policy after 'increase in delinquent accounts'

LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI— The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has informed its customers that beginning Monday, March 9, 2026, the Corporation will be reinforcing its long-established Security Deposit Policy.

February 10th, 2026
VI eyes India to diversify financial services sector

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates- Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley, has said the Virgin Islands’ (VI) financial services sector is looking to diversify and is well-positioned to assist India.

February 9th, 2026
Demerit Point System approved for taxi & livery motor vehicle drivers

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Drivers of taxi and livery motor vehicles will now be subject to demerits under the Demerit Point System, which has been approved by the Ministry of Communications and Works.

February 9th, 2026
When everything they taught us was wrong

Alred C. Frett

Self-sacrifice can never be a key to heaven:

This is Black History Month, but our Children would hardly know it, for recently, the silence has been deafening... To make bad matters worse, the President of America saw this as his opportunity to depict our leaders as primitive apes… Ironically, he gets much of his support from Jews and Christians, and just as ironically, generations of Slave Descendants are programmed to worship and trust in these Religions.

February 8th, 2026
VI returns to Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show 2026

MIAMI BEACH, Florida, USA- The Virgin Islands (VI), regarded as the Sailing Capital of the World, will once again make waves at the Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show, taking place from February 11–15, 2026, at Sailor’s Cove – IGY Yacht Haven Grande.

February 5th, 2026
Merging BVIEC & W&SD ‘offers a path to modernisation’- Hon Stacy R. Mather MBE

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Hon Stacy R. Mather, MBE (AL) has thrown his support behind the merging of the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) and the Water and Sewerage Department (W&SD).

February 4th, 2026
BVIEC & W&SD merger: Opposition accused of using ‘scare tactics’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Stating that she is happy to know that the government is getting to the point of trying to solve the problem with Water and Sewerage Department (WS&D) once and for all, Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL), has chided the Opposition for using scare tactics on the public during the debate on the of the Virgin Islands Energy and Water Corporation Bill, 2026.

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